Media Relations
Tuesday,
September 9,
2003
Educational Psychology
Most of the proceeds from Saturday's "Comedy Caravan" at Bear's Place in Bloomington will go toward supporting Indiana University School of Education students participating in the second International School Psychology Practicum in Guatemala this summer.
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How should school administrators react In the wake of school violence across the United States? Find out in the November issue of Learning Matters. In additional to school violence, this issue looks at full-day kindergarten, which will be one of the hottest issues in the next legislative session. Also, hear from education researchers at IU Southeast about why teachers must adapt their instruction for both children living in poverty and those who are not, as well as how to teach K-12 students about the global market.
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Learning Matters for December includes items about students' mathematics performance in Indiana and nationwide, service learning courses for college students over spring break, and a partnership aimed at helping elementary students who struggle with math and reading -- before they fall behind.
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Learning Matters for November provides information about innovative ways to incorporate the holidays into science activities, a problem-based learning CD-ROM to help special-education pre-service teachers, and helping students with disabilities get an appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.
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Learning Matters for October provides information about autism, gender balances in China and elsewhere, and concerns about quantitative research.
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Staff at schools that experienced "near misses," where violence was averted in student-to-student hostage situations, attributed their success to luck. A little prodding by an Indiana University Bloomington education professor has revealed that the teachers and staff already had taken steps that worked in their favor at those crucial times.
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